# The Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) Order 1999, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“the 1986 Act” means the Gas Act 1986;
“contravene” includes fail to comply with;
“convey” does not include the subjecting of gas to any gas processing operations carried out in any gas processing facility before gas conveyed from a relevant storage facility enters a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter;
“Director” means the Director General of Gas Supply;
“gas” means any substance which consists wholly or mainly of—
(a) methane, ethane, propane, butane, hydrogen or carbon monoxide;
(b) a mixture of two or more of those gases; or
(c) a combustible mixture of one or more of those gases and air;
“gas processing facility” means any facility which carries out gas processing operations;
“gas processing operations” means any of the following operations, namely—
(a) purifying, blending, odorising or compressing gas for the purpose of enabling it to be introduced into a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter;
(b) removing from gas for that purpose any of its constituent gases, or separating from that gas for that purpose any oil or water; and
(c) determining the quantity or quality of gas which is or is to be so introduced;
“relevant storage facility” means any facility used wholly or mainly for the purpose of storing gas, but does not include a facility used for storing gas in natural porous strata underground; and
“relevant transporter” means any person, not being the holder of a licence under section 7 of the 1986 Act in respect of such conveyance, who conveys gas through pipes from a relevant storage facility for a distance not exceeding 16.093 kilometres to a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter, and “relevant transport” shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2639/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-exemptions-order-1999/article-2
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